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author Schulte, Jan-Frederik
Ramhorst, Benjamin
Sun, Chang
Mitrevski, Jovan
Ghielmetti, Nicolò
Lupi, Enrico
Danopoulos, Dimitrios
Loncar, Vladimir
Duarte, Javier
Burnette, David
Laatu, Lauri
Tzelepis, Stylianos
Axiotis, Konstantinos
Berthet, Quentin
Wang, Haoyan
White, Paul
Demirsoy, Suleyman
Colombo, Marco
Aarrestad, Thea
Summers, Sioni
Pierini, Maurizio
Di Guglielmo, Giuseppe
Ngadiuba, Jennifer
Campos, Javier
Hawks, Ben
Gandrakota, Abhijith
Fahim, Farah
Tran, Nhan
Constantinides, George
Que, Zhiqiang
Luk, Wayne
Tapper, Alexander
Hoang, Duc
Paladino, Noah
Harris, Philip
Lai, Bo-Cheng
Valentin, Manuel
Forelli, Ryan
Ogrenci, Seda
Gerlach, Lino
Flynn, Rian
Liu, Mia
Diaz, Daniel
Khoda, Elham
Quinnan, Melissa
Solares, Russell
Parajuli, Santosh
Neubauer, Mark
Herwig, Christian
Tsoi, Ho Fung
Rankin, Dylan
Hsu, Shih-Chieh
Hauck, Scott
author_facet Schulte, Jan-Frederik
Ramhorst, Benjamin
Sun, Chang
Mitrevski, Jovan
Ghielmetti, Nicolò
Lupi, Enrico
Danopoulos, Dimitrios
Loncar, Vladimir
Duarte, Javier
Burnette, David
Laatu, Lauri
Tzelepis, Stylianos
Axiotis, Konstantinos
Berthet, Quentin
Wang, Haoyan
White, Paul
Demirsoy, Suleyman
Colombo, Marco
Aarrestad, Thea
Summers, Sioni
Pierini, Maurizio
Di Guglielmo, Giuseppe
Ngadiuba, Jennifer
Campos, Javier
Hawks, Ben
Gandrakota, Abhijith
Fahim, Farah
Tran, Nhan
Constantinides, George
Que, Zhiqiang
Luk, Wayne
Tapper, Alexander
Hoang, Duc
Paladino, Noah
Harris, Philip
Lai, Bo-Cheng
Valentin, Manuel
Forelli, Ryan
Ogrenci, Seda
Gerlach, Lino
Flynn, Rian
Liu, Mia
Diaz, Daniel
Khoda, Elham
Quinnan, Melissa
Solares, Russell
Parajuli, Santosh
Neubauer, Mark
Herwig, Christian
Tsoi, Ho Fung
Rankin, Dylan
Hsu, Shih-Chieh
Hauck, Scott
contents We present hls4ml, a free and open-source platform that translates machine learning (ML) models from modern deep learning frameworks into high-level synthesis (HLS) code that can be integrated into full designs for field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). With its flexible and modular design, hls4ml supports a large number of deep learning frameworks and can target HLS compilers from several vendors, including Vitis HLS, Intel oneAPI and Catapult HLS. Together with a wider eco-system for software-hardware co-design, hls4ml has enabled the acceleration of ML inference in a wide range of commercial and scientific applications where low latency, resource usage, and power consumption are critical. In this paper, we describe the structure and functionality of the hls4ml platform. The overarching design considerations for the generated HLS code are discussed, together with selected performance results.
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spellingShingle hls4ml: A Flexible, Open-Source Platform for Deep Learning Acceleration on Reconfigurable Hardware
Schulte, Jan-Frederik
Ramhorst, Benjamin
Sun, Chang
Mitrevski, Jovan
Ghielmetti, Nicolò
Lupi, Enrico
Danopoulos, Dimitrios
Loncar, Vladimir
Duarte, Javier
Burnette, David
Laatu, Lauri
Tzelepis, Stylianos
Axiotis, Konstantinos
Berthet, Quentin
Wang, Haoyan
White, Paul
Demirsoy, Suleyman
Colombo, Marco
Aarrestad, Thea
Summers, Sioni
Pierini, Maurizio
Di Guglielmo, Giuseppe
Ngadiuba, Jennifer
Campos, Javier
Hawks, Ben
Gandrakota, Abhijith
Fahim, Farah
Tran, Nhan
Constantinides, George
Que, Zhiqiang
Luk, Wayne
Tapper, Alexander
Hoang, Duc
Paladino, Noah
Harris, Philip
Lai, Bo-Cheng
Valentin, Manuel
Forelli, Ryan
Ogrenci, Seda
Gerlach, Lino
Flynn, Rian
Liu, Mia
Diaz, Daniel
Khoda, Elham
Quinnan, Melissa
Solares, Russell
Parajuli, Santosh
Neubauer, Mark
Herwig, Christian
Tsoi, Ho Fung
Rankin, Dylan
Hsu, Shih-Chieh
Hauck, Scott
Hardware Architecture
Machine Learning
High Energy Physics - Experiment
We present hls4ml, a free and open-source platform that translates machine learning (ML) models from modern deep learning frameworks into high-level synthesis (HLS) code that can be integrated into full designs for field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). With its flexible and modular design, hls4ml supports a large number of deep learning frameworks and can target HLS compilers from several vendors, including Vitis HLS, Intel oneAPI and Catapult HLS. Together with a wider eco-system for software-hardware co-design, hls4ml has enabled the acceleration of ML inference in a wide range of commercial and scientific applications where low latency, resource usage, and power consumption are critical. In this paper, we describe the structure and functionality of the hls4ml platform. The overarching design considerations for the generated HLS code are discussed, together with selected performance results.
title hls4ml: A Flexible, Open-Source Platform for Deep Learning Acceleration on Reconfigurable Hardware
topic Hardware Architecture
Machine Learning
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.01463